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my heart is heavy for all of you - especially after speaking with spirit dancer last evening. i wondered how her daughter was handling everything, as she is on the autism spectrum. water rushing into the automobile frightened her, and the water - so much of it - flooding the streets. i hope that the issues inclusive to the storm water/damage will find all of you safely returned to your homes before too long.
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Thank you Belle! It is pretty scary here, but we were lucky enough not to have to evacuate. I have never seen anything like this.
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Actually its really stressful and depressing, I don't think we will know for a while how bad it really is.
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Opryland Hotel is a disaster . Very sad
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I was on the phone with Spirit Dancer about 20 minutes ago and she was stuck at gas station she went to to get stuff for her family because the river or lake near her crested. She's hoping to find a way back to her family right now. She was about 2 miles up the road from them when it happened.
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Phone reception is sketchy on cell and most land lines are out for a while.
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I just spoke to SD, the water did go down in her area but now it is flooding again. She is trying to get out now and back to the hotel. She has experienced some gas price gouging a little while ago. This one gas station was priced at 2.99 and when she stopped it was up to 3.99 (this happen within a few hours). She did call to report the price gouging. That is NUTS!
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I have several friends up there, all are fine only loosing stuff. :(
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People just suck, you know.
Like last night as they were evacuating Opryland Hotel for the good of the guests, they were bitching up a storm. How they had to wait, how nothing was gonna happen, when they should have been thankful! and now gas gouging? WTF???????? I can't concentrate today, my brain may be melted. Wondering how high the rivers will go. Wondering who at Fema is in charge of approving the levees. Wondering what kind of effect having so much convention business to Nashville lost will have. Wishing I could have 3 days of peaceful sleep in one of those chambers where you are sensory deprived...cause I am on sensory overload. |
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Thanks for all the prayers, yes the phones are on and off. OHB is now open but there is road damage from flooding so near the Hermitage it has One lane each way passable but still water on it.
OH Dam is releasing water by the hour to save the pressure from the other levy. Oy we are blessed and safe. Thanks to Snack for keeping us imformed and in the loop when there was no power. Hope everyone is safe |
Glad you are OK SD! xoxoxoxoxoxox
The Bridgestore Arena (former GEC), Opryland Hotel, the Wildhorse, the new Schermerhorn and LP field are all deep in water...which is still rising and up to Third Avenue now. This is insane. 29 Metro Schools have taken on water. I hope everyone gets home safe and sound tonight. Its so weird that its all sunny and blue outside. |
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It is surreal! Will do, I am fixing to head out now. Love you guys! Stay safe! |
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The latest report I have gotten from the Tennessean's website is saying they expect the Cumberland to crest at 52.5 ft. The Opryland Hotel was up to 10 ft of water and still rising. Hopefully the release of water from Old Hickory Lake will help alleviate a bit of the damage when the river does crest. After that maybe as the flood waters recede and they can assess the damages the cleanup and rebuilding of our Midstate can begin. Hope everyone got home safe tonight from work. Shad
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Non-Nashvillians: please spread the word, in case folks don't grasp the severity of what's going on. Temporary shelters are at capacity, missing people are unaccounted for, many homes are under water, we're in a water conservation emergency, much of Nashville's economic base is threatened by flood damage, etc, etc. We're going to need help. Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10 to disaster relief. Thanks
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Hey TN folks, I know we are 5 hours away (now that the I-40) is open. But if you need a place to stay for a few days while its crazy, contact me. we can make room.
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Camp for this weekend has been postponed until further notice. All of the area Lake access parks are closed at least until later in the month. Old Hickory Beach is apparently under water.
So sorry! Will let you all know as soon as we come up with a new date :) |
Website for Volunteer Assistance
Hi everyone. As the flood waters are receding,now is when volunteers will be needed to help in every way under the sun. If we can all get out and do a little something,I think we will all recover a bit faster! This is the link: http://www.hon.org/AboutUs/index.php...odMay2010.html The website www.nashvillest.com says all official relief efforts for Metro will be run through Hands On Nashville,but I'm willing to bet,they can point folks in the right direction to help in other affected areas as well. Shad
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Big whoop. All I had to worry about was my suitcase and my company's equipment, NOT my home, lifelong possessions, family, livelihood. It is awful that this is happening to Nashville. And, guests from Opryland complaining -- I heard about the news report on the first group who went to the high school from Opryland. How ridiculous!! The staff from the Opryland went far and above the call of duty to try to make things comfortable, including buying out Walmart to get every pillow and blanket available, buying about 1000 pizzas from Dominos at 3am - and bussing every possible amenity they could from the hotel (including searching rooms and public areas for suitcases we had to leave behind and carrying them to the high school for us). After the confusing first few hours when no one knew what would happen, we had an abundant supply of water, snacks, and sandwiches. The floor is hard and not possible to sleep on, especially with 2000 of your new friends, but so what? Those people from the Opryland stayed up all night long and all day serving US every way they could, including finding hotels and transportation home and CLEANING constantly. The whole while in crisp uniforms and smiles. While most of them had been stuck at the hotel for days because the roads were closed, knowing their cars were flooded out in the parking lot, not knowing how their family and homes were doing, and with no sleep or end in sight. I can't believe people dared to complain. (to their credit, most of the people I saw were thanking the staff and helping clean up) Glad to be home, sick about what's happening in Nashville. |
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Thank you so much for posting this! I worked in hotels for years (yes even OLH) and I know how hard that must have been for them. After the tornado in 1998 I changed careers. I am so glad you got home safely! Again, thank you so much for posting this! Do you care if I Facebook this? For those who are still whining and trying to say how THEY would have evacuated OLH? |
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That is a GREAT idea @ posting on FB! Puplove, I am glad to hear you did make home safely! Kudos to you for posting this! I cannot believe people were acting like that, even after the devastation OLH took on. |
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I would like to see how anyone would evacuate that place better - you're talking about thousands of people who don't believe anything is actually going to happen and they don't want to leave. The hotel was trying very hard to continue to treat everyone as guests while getting them to leave. They did a good job of it too -- yeah, they could have started screaming and cuss over bullhorns and let off sirens and start a panic. Instead they tried to make it as pleasant as going to a nasty high school instead of your cushy hotel room could be.
Oh yeah, they hadn't had power all day already (which means little/no AC in that steamy atrium) and lots of employees had been stranded at the hotel since Saturday, so they were already at the end of their ropes. But they did NOT show it at all, even to rude self-centered guests. I think it says a lot about the qality of the management and the employees. |
:cheerleader: Pinky is pleased to report the Cumberland River is back to the level it was PRE flood!!!:cheerleader:
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Now Im feeling it. I tried to help save my sisters house all day Sunday, cleaned up all week her place and mine, rescued people with my boat, not realizing today I have an earache from the water, how hungry Ive been, tired, and how I havent thought of anything else until now & find a sickness in my stomach today. This was not fun and was such a mess. It's nice to see the good from this and not the bad. I wonder what happened to all the wild deer that was in the fences near the OH damn there next to where the get together was going to be Saturday? I hope they werent washed up as I watched the lake when the dam opened as boats, docks, parts of houses, trees, just all kinds of stuff rushed down the river toward the dam. Even told coffins were seen going down the cumberland river. Ive never seen so many loose things in the water. Im hoping by Monday some normalty may come back into my life. Good people all of you. |
I hope you can get back on schedule Monday CS!
It has been so stressful, and we did not have any water in the house thanks to getting French drains last year and getting the roof fixed and all the flashing redone. If you don't feel better by tomorrow, maybe call the doc and get some ear drops? and get some REST. I know rest is not your thing, but you need it now! I hope they got the deer out too! Glad you are OK! Glad we are all OK! |
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